On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 09:53 +0800, Li Zefan wrote: > Subrata Modak wrote: > > Not sure whether everybody is back from vacation. But, this data is very > > important for the project. Hope you will help me provide some inputs. > > Some of you has already given me. Thanks for that. > > > > A thought: > > We have many bug reports in LKML and the bugzilla, and some of them > provided programs or steps to reproduce bugs. It is of benefit if > we can make test programs and merge them into LTP based on those > provided by bug reporters. Those test cases help to test corner > cases. > > There is an excellent program to reliably reproduce a bug in direct-io, > and the bug still remains to be resovled. Andrea Arcangeli > <[email protected]> > sugguested it is probably worth adding to LTP, and so do I. :) > > The bug report and discussion can be found here: > http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=122668235304637&w=2 > > And the test program is attached. We have to ask Tim LaBerge > <[email protected]> > if we can use it in LTP.
Yes, Definitely. I will write a patch to make it LTP specific and you can review that before integrating. Regards-- Subrata > > > Regards-- > > Subrata > > > > On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 12:40 +0530, Subrata Modak wrote: > >> Hello Everybody, > >> > >> Apolozise to intrude in your Christmas & New Year celebrations with an > >> awkward subject in the mail. But, nevertheless this is necessary. We are > >> about to close our 2008 activities shortly, and, itś time for our own > >> introspection. I would like to know from all of you how we did in 2008 > >> after re-inventing ourselves in early 2007. There are certain things > >> depending on which our next course of actions/activities will be > >> determined: > >> > >> 1) How many kernel issues (Bugs in code/documentation/etc) did LTP tests > >> help to uncover ?? This statistics is absolutely necessary for us, as > >> our primary goal is to test the kernel. And this statistics will point > >> us to the grey areas, or, things which need urgent attention. It would > >> be great if you can share such information. > >> 2) Did we uncover issues in other libraries/manpages/etc while working > >> with the tests themselves ?? In other words, while testing through LTP, > >> did we enrich some other project(s) ? > >> > >> I am very much aware that more than issues related to kernel/libraries, > >> we have been uncovering more of test case issues. And that is a very > >> good sign, as our test cases (which are pretty old) needs to be revamped > >> to suit the design changes in ever changing kernel(s). This is an > >> eternal job, and, hence will continue. Given the fact that we have very > >> limited people working on the project, we would still need to see > >> contributions in terms of new testcases (most important need of the > >> our), and fixing the existing ones. > >> > >> While, i can promise to try my best to get people (whom i know and work > >> with) contribute to LTP in all terms, i would request you to increase > >> your sphere of influence for the same - for this test project needs lots > >> of contribution - the benefits of which you already know. > >> > >> Regards-- > >> Subrata > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list
